automatous

English

Etymology

From Latin automatus, Ancient Greek αὐτόματος (autómatos). See automaton.

Adjective

automatous (not comparable)

Obsolete form of automatic.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
  Clocks, or automatous organs, whereby we distinguish of time, have no mention in ancient writers.

References

“automatous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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